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Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2018

Effectiveness of the 'Girls Active' school-based physical activity programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Deirdre M Harrington, Melanie J Davies, Danielle H Bodicoat, Joanna M Charles, Yogini V Chudasama, Trish Gorely, Kamlesh Khunti, Tatiana Plekhanova, Alex V Rowlands, Lauren B Sherar and 3 more

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Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07411456 (School-based Active Play Intervention to Facilitate Movement Behaviours and Fundamental Movement Skills in Primary School Children of Bangladesh), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07411456 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

School-based Active Play Intervention to Facilitate Movement Behaviours and Fundamental Movement Skills in Primary School Children of Bangladesh

TypeinterventionalSponsorHong Kong Baptist UniversityRan2026 to 2027Enrolled354ConditionsPhysical Activities, Sedentary Behaviors, Sleep, Fundamental Movement SkillsArmsSchool based Active Play
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  14. Longitudinal changes in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Deirdre M HarringtonDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. dh204@le.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0278-6812
Melanie J DaviesDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Danielle H BodicoatDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Joanna M CharlesCentre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
Yogini V ChudasamaDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Trish GorelyDepartment of Nursing, School of Health, Social Care and Life Sciences, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK.
Kamlesh KhuntiDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Tatiana PlekhanovaDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Alex V RowlandsDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Lauren B SherarNational Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Rhiannon Tudor EdwardsCentre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
Thomas YatesDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Charlotte L EdwardsonDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Funding

Department of Health PHR/13/90/30Public Health Research Programme 13/90/30
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlobally, adolescent girls' physical activity (PA) levels are low. The 'Girls Active' secondary school-based programme, developed by the Youth Sport Trust, aims to increase PA in adolescent girls. This paper explores the effectiveness of the 'Girls Active' school-based PA programme.

methodsA random sample of girls aged 11-14 from 20 secondary schools (Midlands, UK) participated in a two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial. Ten schools received Girls Active and 10 continued with usual practice. Measurements were taken at baseline, seven- and 14-month follow-up. PRIMARY OUTCOME: wrist-worn accelerometer measured moderate- to vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA). SECONDARY OUTCOMES: overall PA, light PA, sedentary time, body composition, and psychosocial outcomes. Generalised estimating equations, adjusted for school cluster and potential confounders, were used and A priori subgroup analysis was undertaken. Micro-costing and cost-consequence analyses were conducted using bespoke collection methods on programme delivery information. Outcomes for the cost-consequence analysis were health related quality of life measured by the Child Health Utility-9D and service use.

resultsOverall, 1752 pupils participated, 1211 (69.1%) provided valid 14-month accelerometer data. No difference in MVPA (mins/day; 95% confidence intervals) was found at 14 months (1.7; -0.8 to 4.3), there was at seven months (2.4; 0.1 to 4.7). Subgroup analyses showed significant intervention effects on 14-month in larger schools (3.9; 1.39 to 6.09) and in White Europeans (3.1; 0.60 to 6.02) and in early maturers (5.1; 1.69 to 8.48) at seven months. The control group did better in smaller schools at 14-months (-4.38; -7.34 to -1.41). Significant group differences were found in 14-month identified motivation (-0.09; -0.18 to -0.01) and at seven months in: overall PA (1.39 mg/day; 0.1 to 2.2), after-school sedentary time (-4.7; -8.9 to -0.6), whole day (5.7; 1.0 to 10.5) and school day (4.5; 0.25 to 8.75) light PA, self-esteem. Small, statistically significant, differences in some psychosocial variables favoured control schools. Micro-costing demonstrated that delivering the programme resulted in a range of time and financial costs at each school. Cost-consequence analysis demonstrated no effect of the programme for health related quality of life or service use.

conclusionsCompared with usual practice, 'Girls Active' did not affect 14-month MVPA.

trial registrationISRCTN10688342.

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ExerciseSchool Health ServicesAccelerometryAdolescentBody CompositionChildCosts and Cost AnalysisFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMotivationQuality of LifeResearch DesignSchoolsSelf ConceptAdolescent femaleInterventionPhysical educationTeacher

Identifiers

PMID29695250
PMCPMC5918764

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